DAAC collected another $2,500 from private donations and $1,393 from a set of fundraising shows since mid-January.

"Although we didn't hit our goal, we're still extremely pleased with the amount we were able to raise," said DAAC board member Mike Wolf. "The support from the community locally and online is a huge confidence boost for our group, and we're really excited about taking the next steps to relocate."

A fixture on the Avenue for the Arts for nearly 10 years, DAAC last summer was asked to vacate its home next door to the Harris Building at 111 S. Division Ave, where a $7 million project to create an art and culinary corridor on South Division was launched in the two adjacent properties.

Along with the crowd-funding campaign and partnership with Fractured Atlas, the national nonprofit organization that provides fiscal sponsorship to grassroots, arts-based organizations, DAAC also will be teaming up with Lamp Light Music Festival, Do-It-Together Grand Rapids, and Many Hands Clay Cooperative in a search for a new space.

Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk covers arts and entertainment for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at jkaczmarczyk@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.